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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The International Olympic Committee is currently 
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contemplating the use of facilities in the City of Chicago for 
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the 2016 Summer Olympic Games; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The World Shooting & Recreational Complex in 
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Sparta is a public shooting and camping facility that features 
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over 1500 acres of available space, including 250 acres of 
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water, as well as 120 trap fields extending 3.5 miles, 2 
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sporting clays courses, and 24 skeet fields; over $35 million 
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has been spent on the complex's world-class facilities; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Grand American World Trap Shooting 
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Championships, held at the World Shooting & Recreational 
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Complex, have attracted thousands of competitors and tens of 
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thousands of spectators since the complex began hosting the 
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competition in August of 2006; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The use of the World Shooting & Recreational 
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Complex will enable the citizens of the State of Illinois as a 
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whole to benefit from the economic stimulus that the Olympics 
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provide to local businesses; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
 


 






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SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the International 
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Olympic Committee to consider the use of the World Shooting & 
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Recreational Complex in Sparta for Olympics shooting events in 
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the event that the City of Chicago is picked as the host city 
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for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the International Olympic Committee.